St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-07
A PUPPET KING.
The Monarch of Hawaii Stripped
of His Power,
Which is Invested i'm n COnstitu-
tiOnal Assembly.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. CIV. NJ.
Gibson, the deposed prime minister of
the Hawaiin kingdom, who was tried
and acquitted of the charge of robbing
the public treasury, and who escaped
from the island after his acquittal, ar
rived here to-day on board the brig John
ID. Spreckels. The Spreckels brought
detailed information with regard to the
new constitution, which King Kalakaua
was compelled to sign. Among the
chief clauses are the following:
Hi men may freely speak, write and pub
lish their sentiments Oh all subjects, being re-
sponsible for abuse of that right. and no law
shall be enacted to restrain the liberty of
speech or of the press. No subsidy, or tax of
any description shall be levied unless by con-
sent of the Legislature, except when between
sessions the emergencies of war, invasion, re-
bellion. pestllence or other public disaster
shall arise, and not without concurrence of
the entire cabinet and of majority of the
whole privy council, and the minister of
finance shall render Il declared account of
such expenditure to the legislature. The king
is commanderln-chief of the army and navy
and of all other military forces of the king
dom by sea and land. but he shall never pro-
claim war without the consent of the legis
lature, and 10 military or naval forces shall
be organized except by the authority of the
legislature. The king cannot be sued nor
held 10 account in any court or tribunal of
the kingdom. The cabinet shall consist of a
minister of foreign affairs, Il minister of
finance and an attorney general, and they
shall be his majeSty's special advisers in the
executive affairs of the kingdom, and they
shall be eX-officio members of his council
that shall be
APPOINTED BY THE KING.
and shall be removed by him upon a vote of
want of confidence passed by a majority of
all the elective members of the legislature, or
upon conviction of felony, and no removal
shall have effect unless it is cOuntersigned by
a member of the cabinet, who by that sigma
ture makes himself responsible. The legis-
lative power of the kingdom is vested i'll the
king and legislature which shall consist of
mobiles and representatives sitting together.
The legislative body will assemble bien-
nially, commencing next May. The leg
iSiature has full power and authority
to amend the constitution as specifically pro-
vided. and from time to time to make all
manner of wholesome laws not repugnant to
the constitution. Every bill before it be-
comes law shall be presented to the king.
If he approves he shall sign il. and it shall
thereby become law, but if he does not he
shall return it with his objections 10 the legis-
lature, which shall enter the objections at
large ON their journal and proceed to con-
slider them. If after such reconsideration it
shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of all
the elective members it
SHALL BECOME A LAW.
The succeeding four clauses provide that
majority of the assembly shall judge of the
qualifications of its members, and provides
for the election of twenty four mobiles and
twenty-fOur representatives of the people.
The twenty-four representatives are 10 be
elected biennially The constitution then
reads: At the first election held under this
constitution the mobiles shall be elected to
serve until the general election TO the legIsla-
ture i'll 1890, at which election and there
after the mobiles shall be elected at the same
time and place as the representatives. AT
The election In 1890 one-third of the mobiles
shall be elected for two years. one-third for
all subsequent elections they shall be
elected for six years. The mobiles shall
serve without pay. The judicial
power of the kingdom shall be vested in the
supreme court and in such inferior courts as
the legislature, from time TO time. shall es-
tablish. All laws now in force shall continue
and remain in free effect until altered or re-
pealed by the Legislature. such parts only eX
cepted as are repugnant to this constitution.
All laws heretofore enacted which are con-
trary to the constitution shall be null and
void. This constitution shall be i'll force
from the 9TH day OF July, A d. 1887, but
that there may be 10 failures of justice or in
convenience to the kingdom from any change,
all officers of this kingdom at the time this
constitution shall take effect shall have, hold
and exercise all power to them granted. Such.
officers shall take the oath of Office sixty days
after the PRONUNCIATION thereof.
The constitution contains SiXty-tWo
sections, Article 40 is the most impoT-
tant, and provided a property qiidilh-
cation as prerequisite in voting for
mobiles. and that the elector shall be
able to read. No person shall be eligible
as representative of the people he is
able to read, has lived in the kingdom
three years and owns real estate of the
value of $500. The electors of repre-
sentatives must have paid their taxes,
but property qualification is waived.
Gibson was in a pleasant conyerSa-